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Egypt facilitates investment opportunities in Africa

The Egyptian government plans to create an investment risk insurance fund to encourage Egyptians to invest more in the African continent and to help strengthen and deepen relations with African nations.
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Egypt is eying closer cooperation with African nations by pursuing new investment opportunities in them for Egyptian investors. The African continent, rich in human and natural resources, is currently experiencing extensive economic activity and a flow of large investments from numerous countries. Despite this uptick, concerns involving security and financial risks remain, keeping some investors at bay. To assuage such concerns, the Egyptian government plans to establish an investment risk insurance fund to protect those willing to put more money into the continent. 

On Oct. 22, in a meeting with parliament’s African Affairs Committee, Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr highlighted the government’s keenness to engage on the challenges that must be overcome to strengthen relations with other African countries and to boost investment in them. She asserted that a risk insurance fund would stimulate Egyptian investment in Africa, and members of parliament and economists hailed the prospect. 

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